My laptop's screen display is broken, so I usually use an external monitor and that's where I see the ubuntu logo which disappears after a minute or two loading. Also yeah it does appear to be booting up, I know the laptop works fine since I booted to another ubuntu using my usb and everything was working fine there.If the Logo is displayed, the display screen is probably not broken. Can you connect an external monitor and see anything? Does it appear to be booting up (disk activity light flashing)?